#AD4E46#AD4E46

#AD4E46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.126 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD4E46
RGB	rgb(173, 78, 70)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.9%, 59.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.33, 38.24, 23.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.33, 44.95, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% 0.1126 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.126 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0653, 14.7777, 7.5362)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD4E46 #46A5AD

analogous

#AD4672 #AD4E46 #AD8146

triadic

#AD4E46 #46AD4E #4E46AD

tetradic

#AD4E46 #72AD46 #46A5AD #8146AD

square

#AD4E46 #72AD46 #46A5AD #8146AD

split-complementary

#AD4E46 #46AD81 #4672AD

monochromatic

#562723 #813A34 #AD4E46 #C4736C #D59D98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#AD4E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#AD4E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD4E46

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD4E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD4E46	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD3D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad4e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 78, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.126 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8279',
    500: '#ad4e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad4e46;
$custom-light: #cb8279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad4e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.66,
    "s": 42.387,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54329,
    "c": 0.12629,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD4E46

secondary

#8DBDC1

accent

#C9D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#140B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD4E46

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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